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By 2040, 63 percent of the nation’s electricity will be generated by lower-carbon options, which will result in double-digit demand for green energy jobs. Penn State is launching graduate certificate programs in bioenergy, solar energy, wind energy, and sustainability management and policy, delivered online by Penn State World Campus, to prepare adults for these jobs.

The more than 3 million nursing professionals in the U.S. health care workforce will need advanced education and training as the health care system becomes more complex. Penn State’s College of Nursing aims to help meet this need with an online doctoral degree, the doctor of nursing practice, delivered by Penn State World Campus.

More administrators will be needed to serve students as enrollments in colleges and universities across the country increase over the next decade, and a new Penn State online master's degree in higher education will help enable adult learners to take advantage of the job growth.

Adult learners interested in careers such as personal financial planning, portfolio management, risk management and more can enroll in a new online bachelor’s degree in finance through Penn State World Campus and Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The degree program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

An online bachelor’s degree in international politics is now being offered by Penn State World Campus and the College of the Liberal Arts. Students can choose to focus their studies in one of three options: national security, international political economy and international relations.

Cindy Chua-Speece, a military spouse living in Australia, and Leo Jenkins of Republic, Washington, are two Penn State World Campus students traveling from far and wide to take part in Penn State’s University Park campus commencement ceremonies.

Penn State World Campus student Holly Pritchard, of Utah, has won the 2014 Katey Lehman Award for Nonfiction/Journalism for her piece “Alcoholic, Anonymous” about a man who lives a secret life as a functioning alcoholic.

The nation’s increasing focus on local and regional food systems, renewable energies and maintaining natural resources is leading to double-digit job growth in these occupation sectors, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Adults working in these sectors who have some college but not a four-year degree, and who need a degree for career advancement, now have a convenient option. Penn State is offering its bachelor of science degree in agribusiness management online through the Penn State World Campus.

When Penn State launched its online homeland security master’s degree program, the Christmas Day “underwear bomb” terrorist attack topped the news. Terrorist tactics have evolved since then. On the fifth anniversary of its online homeland security program, Penn State is embarking on a curriculum update.

Penn State’s online campus, the World Campus, ranked in the Top 10 for its online undergraduate and graduate programs in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 Best Online Programs rankings released today Jan. 8.

Air Force friends and former next-door neighbors Kate Boyd and Joshua Hanna are looking forward to seeing each other at Penn State’s fall commencement on Dec. 21. While living on Guam, both students earned their bachelor’s degrees online through Penn State’s World Campus.

The job prospects for MBA graduates continue to look up, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council, which reports 90 percent of 2013 MBA graduates are employed. To make it easier for working adults to earn an MBA for career advancement, Penn State’s online Intercollege MBA (iMBA) program is launching merit-based scholarships.

Adults age 25 and older are returning to school in growing numbers, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, which projects these enrollments will rise 20 percent to 10.7 million through 2020. To help current and prospective students successfully pursue their education, Penn State is launching a new enhanced website.

In 1998, Penn State became one of the leaders in online education with the establishment of its online World Campus. Throughout this year, the University is holding a series of events to celebrate this anniversary. On Monday, Dec. 2, the University community is invited to participate in the symposium “Penn State World Campus — Past, Present and Future” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Penn State Public Media will stream the discussion live from The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel at http://wpsu.org/live/convocation13/.